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54956.96. Joint powers agency closed session meetings; confidential information; Clean
Power Alliance of Southern California

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a joint powers
agency formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7
of Title 1, from adopting a policy or a bylaw or including in its joint powers agreement
provisions that authorize either or both of the following:

(1) All information received by the legislative body of the local agency member in a closed
session related to the information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session shall be
confidential. However, a member of the legislative body of a local agency member may disclose
information obtained in a closed session that has direct financial or liability implications for that
local agency to the following individuals:

(A) Legal counsel of that local agency member for purposes of obtaining advice on whether the
matter has direct financial or liability implications for that local agency member.

(B) Other members of the legislative body of the local agency present in a closed session of that
local agency member.

(2) Any designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is
also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member and who is attending a properly
noticed meeting of the joint powers agency in lieu of a local agency member’s regularly
appointed member to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency.

(b) (1) In addition to the authority described in subdivision (a), the Clean Power Alliance of
Southern California, or its successor entity, may adopt a policy or a bylaw or include in its joint
powers agreement a provision that authorizes both of the following:

(A) A designated alternate member of the legislative body of the Clean Power Alliance of
Southern California, or its successor entity, who is not a member of the legislative body of a
local agency member and who is attending a properly noticed meeting of the Clean Power
Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, in lieu of a local agency member’s
regularly appointed member, to attend closed sessions of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern
California, or its successor entity.

(B) All information that is received by a designated alternate member of the legislative body of
the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, who is not a member of
the legislative body of a local agency member, and that is presented to the Clean Power Alliance
of Southern California, or its successor entity, in closed session, shall be confidential. However,
the designated alternate member may disclose information obtained in a closed session that has
direct financial or liability implications for the local agency member for which the designated
alternate member attended the closed session, to the following individuals:

(i) Legal counsel of that local agency member for purposes of obtaining advice on whether the
matter has direct financial or liability implications for that local agency member.

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